Probably sacrilegious, but.....
I love the way Rickys look, and their necks fit my stumpy toddler's hands nicely. And sometimes I really like the way they sound.
But with a bit of punk rock gain I find them a bit fizzy and twangy. I'd like a little more beef and bite, so I was wondering what my options are.
I've just ordered a couple of toasters from China, and I was thinking of gutting them and stuffing something else in there. Not a lot of room in there but I think I might be able to squeeze in one of those Dimarzio humbucking P90 things, they're a lot smaller than you'd imagine when you take the covers off.
Any other ideas?
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I recently had a pair of cheap ‘toasterbuckers’ as well, I can’t remember who made them but they were on Ebay - actual humbuckers in Chinese-looking toaster casings - which sounded good, but were unusably microphonic with any amount of distortion.
The best I’ve found so far are 80s-early 90s Rickenbacker High-Gains and HB1s.
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Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side near my piano keyboard, oh lord, I smell of pee
I did it in an attempt to make my 425V63 not sound thin and honky, by the way... it didn't work.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The binding on the Snowglo one doesn't show on that pic.